Mycenaean Civilization Timeline

First inhabitation of Mycenae area.

First evidence of building structures at Mycenae.

First recorded settlement at Eleusis.

Mycenaean Period. Agora established at Athens.

First shaft graves constructed at Mycenae.

The Mycenaean civilization dominates Greece.

First evidence of elite buildings at Mycenae.

The Mycenaean settlement of Serayia flourishes on Kos.

Gold death masks (including that of 'Agamemnon') made at Mycenae.

First palace structure and Treasury of Atreus tomb built at Mycenae.

Mycenae at its peak of influence.

First tholos tombs built at Mycenae.

Mycenaean Thebes at its peak of prosperity and influence.

Sphinxes are represented in Mycenaean art, particularly in pottery and ivory carving.

Minoan Palatial period superseded by Mycenaean.

Mycenaean monumental architecture first appears at Epidaurus.

Mycenaen influence extended to Knossos, Crete.

Development of the Linear B script.

Mycenaean palace architecture at Tiryns.

Mycenaean fortifications, palaces and tombs constructed at Argos.

Culture in the Cyclades is increasingly influenced by the Mycenaean civilization of mainland Greece.

Rhodes has significant contact with the Mycenaean civilization.

First evidence of a cult to Dionysos in Mycenaean culture.

First palace destroyed at Mycenae and repaired, Lion Gate added and fortifications extended.

Mycenaean Tiryns is at the height of its importance.

Cyclopean stone bridge built near Mycenae.

Mycenaean chamber tombs constructed at Thebes.

Second palace destroyed at Mycenae, city begins to decline.

Mycenaean Epidaurus at its peak of prosperity.

Earthquake severely damages Tiryns.

Argos takes over from Mycenae as most important regional power in the Argolid.